I really adore our Special Requests for the Maitre D option when booking reservations. It’s great for helping a restaurant anticipate diners’ needs ahead of time. Tweeter and Paleo dieter @cave_grrl (aka Kristy DeVaney) likes it, too, using the feature to let restaurants know that she’ll be avoiding gluten and sugar — and that begins with passing on the bread basket. PS: Kristy, can you tell them to send your bread to my table? 😉

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Caroline Potter

Caroline Potter is the Chief Dining Officer for OpenTable, Inc. She’s a dining trend-spotter and an OpenTable VIP, who dines out more than she eats in and has accrued more than 10,000 Dining Rewards points. Caroline started working in restaurants as a teen and she's since tackled every front-of-the-house job, from bartender and hostess to runner and server. She trained as a chef at Manhattan’s prestigious French Culinary Institute, cooking at L’Ecole. In addition to her role at OpenTable, she has written about food from farm to table for New York City’s famed Greenmarket and Edible Brooklyn and Edible East End magazines. Caroline is also a Certified Master Gardener.